Covid-19 led to a surge in the use of telehealth across the U.S. But what’s likely to happen next? Will we see long-term impact on healthcare business models, health outcomes, and consumer expectations about healthcare convenience and access? To understand how industry leaders are thinking about telehealth in light of…
Consumers’ dissatisfaction with our current healthcare system has existed for years, yet we still hope and pray it gets better. Instead of waiting for the industry to fix itself, some employers—whose health plans allow most Americans to afford healthcare services—have taken matters into their own hands. They’ve chosen to dedicate…
The healthcare industry is ripe with opportunity. It’s a $3 trillion market whose customers mostly feel they pay too much for what they get. The growing linkage of provider reimbursement to cost and outcomes creates room for innovators whose product or service can lower cost or improve outcomes. This is…
The migration of care from inpatient (IP) to outpatient (OP) and ambulatory surgery center (ASC) settings is revolutionizing healthcare delivery. Beginning with cataract and cosmetic surgery more than a decade ago, the list of ASC procedures has grown to include endoscopy, colonoscopy, anterior cruciate ligament and shoulder repairs, sinus and…
The U.S. healthcare landscape is rapidly being reshaped by a variety of economic, political, and socio-demographic forces. While the issue of health insurance has dominated much of the national dialogue, most agree that changing the way that healthcare is delivered and paid for is needed to get to better care…
As U.S. government policy grows more focused on moving to a value-based model, healthcare delivery organizations are being driven to prioritize the value they deliver to payers and patients over volume of services. Historically, healthcare delivery organizations have defined value in narrow terms like complication and mortality rates. In addition,…
